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EDUCATION POLICY

— 1 CONCLUDING MEETING OF THE COUNCIL

PAYMENT OF TEACHERS

SECONDARY SCHOOL ASSISTANTS

I lie New Zealand Council of Education concluded its sittings yesterday. Dr. »v. J. Anderson presided. A f-pirited discussion took place on Hta following recommendation of A Committee"That the training colleges should bo under the direct control of the Department, and that each normal school should be under the control of the board and a. school committee, with special regulations and scale of .staffs and salaries as at present." Tho Departmental representatives were strongly in favour of the proposal, but among other /members of the. council there was some suspicion of it as being in the nature of centralisation. The -Assistant Director, Mr. .T. Canghle.v, miwlo a speech in a, straight-out advocacy of centralisation as tho only method of control by which certain reforms very much to 'be desired could be achieved. On the other hand,, there were members who supported this proposal, but who ui'd not declare for a centralisation policy generally. The view of these members was that the control of training colleges was a special matter, and that, it ought to ho under the Department. Tho motion was agreed to by !) votes to 1.

, Training for High School Work. Another question was that of the training of teachers for secondary schools and technical schools. The proposal mode was that intending' teachers for these schools' should rejjeivo one year's training at a training college, - and havo one years practice in approved secondary schools with approved associated ers, before being eligible. for appointment This proposal was referred/back to the committee. Subsequently .the cjjiiise was still referred for furthor consideration, with a tag to : the effect- that provision ought to be made for tho appointment of probationer teachers in secondary and technical schools. Redistribution of Teachers. Mr. J., Caughley' moved on behalf of A Committee: "That teachers should l>o redistributed by transfer if necessary more m accordance with their classified efficiency.' He said that it had been accepted by _ tho' council that it would be wrong-policy to increase teachers' salaries by simply adding a lump sum to tho salary of each teacher, because this would mean giving more to the inefficient teacher, lie pointed out that often uncertificated teachers in charge of country schools had certificated tciichers under them.

jir. Caughley made (ha following'other proposals on bohulf of Iho committee:— (h) That the position of sole or headteacher in country schools -should, in iiomiiarison with tho position of assistants, lie better paid than at present. (e) That scales of staffs and salaries should be so arranged that all the uncertificated teachers, while the employment of sucli is necessary, shall not be placed in country school?, and, particularly, in charge of country schools. (d) That provision, similar .to that made for separate infant schools, should bo nude for a more liberal staff for the infant departments of mixed schools. The?e propositi,s all found general favour, and were agreed lp. Mr. Caughley. submitted Hie following recommendations :~ («) That power should be taken to appoint a larger number' of' probationers than at present. t ■ ■(b) Thjit probationers be allowed to join the superannuation fund iu the same way as pupil teachers. ' (o) That entrant". to the teaching profession should , lie placed on. tlio same, footing wilb, regard to salaries,, iis. entrants to the Public Service. ." (<l) That teacher bursaries' should. be open to secondary school pupils at the end of their second year. : (e) That on the return' of teachers from active service every-endeavour should bemade to retain the services of suitable teachers who have filled temporary positions during the war. (f) Tluit further provision should be made for (lie substitution of .'assistants for junior teaeliers as provided for in tlie fifth schedule of the -Act, and 'that u fair proportion of unproved certificated teaeliers bo used for this purpose. (g'l That hostels should be provided for students in connection with paoli training college, and that wherever possible hostels for pupil teachers and in special cases for assistant teachers in tlio countrv should also be provided. Those proposals were all adopted. Secondary School Teachers.

Tt was resolved, again on the recommendation of A Committee: "That stops should be taken to grade tho salaries of secondary school teachers , in a manner similar to that suggested by the Secondary School Assistant Teachers' Association." Back-blocks Schools. On Iho motion of the Hon. D. T. Fleming it was agreed: "That, with a view to providing better educational facilities to families resident in isolated and outlying districts, more liberal provision should lie made in cases where the average attendance is under nine,'either (a) giving increased capitation, 0>). making adequate provision for ..conveyance, or it) bv increased allowance for boarding.". Tho case of the back-blocks settlor was pleaded earnestly by .Mr. Fleming and Mr. Hanks. Kolh of Iheso geritlomcn declared that these settlers were tho pooj'est people in the country, with the lowest standard of comfort. Mr. Flcrniug urged that the best help to givo them would he by way of increased capitation to pay increased salaries to resident teacher?. In some cases conveyance by road was impossible. There was objection raised to the breaking-up of homes by compelling children, often with tho mother, to live away from home. Miss Butler, as a secondary school leather, urged iliat the hoarding allowances to children should l>e increased. Thero was a danger iu offoring the amount 'of' 10s. a week now allowed, for many people could not; afford to pay more than was provided, and for 10s. a week tho only sort of quarters to be obtained might bo such 'hat the environment was extremely undesirable. Teachers' Salaries. Tho council also adopted tho following ".committeo recommendation:—"That having due; regard to tho present conditions and future needs of education in this Dominion there is urgent need for tho immediate granting of a substantial increase in the salaries of inspectors and teachers." ■

Speaking to litis motion, Mr. Wells referred to the remarks of Mr. M'Callum a low days ago, which seemed to suggest that the Teachers' Appellate Court was imed with the conuivaiieo or tho iictivo aid of Ihc Teachers' Institute for Ilia protection of tho inefficient teacher. Mr. AVells wid that it was the desiro of tho institute, as it was tho desiro of every teacher worthy of his position, that efficiency should bo tho first consideration. Tho institute Would never protect the inefficient teacher. In the Auckland district he hud liad much to do with teachers' cases, and lie knew that never did tho instititto take up the case of a man proved to bo inefficient. In eueli a ciijSo a man was advised, to get out of the profession and try something olse. '

Continuation Classes. The council reaffirmed that Ihe Education Act should include provision for tho establishment of day-lime continuation classes for yrnuig people up to the ngo of IS years.

The cuuncil resolved:—"Tlial plots of land should be provided by the Government for expcriinonlal purposes in connection with .agricultural and. horticultural instruction at schools where such plots can be efficiently attended |o, or the experimental plots used by the Agricultural Department be made available for this purpose."

A recess coinmiltee was appointed to consider the question of- unity ot' control and management of primary, secondary, and technical schools. The committee consisted of .Messrs. Wells, Campbell, and Hamilton, Professor .MacJlillan Bioun, and Air. Caughey (convener).

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 8

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EDUCATION POLICY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 8

EDUCATION POLICY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 8

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